Cultivator.



w. H. BARLIN. GULTIVATOB" I APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12.

1,01 330a Patefited m. 2,1912

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HHIHI'IIII IIIIIIT WITNESSES: I v mmir'ofl W. H.-PARLIN.

OULTIVATOR. APPLICATION FILED JAN.12, 1910.

1,013,306. Patented Jan. 2, 1912,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

' WITNESSES:

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UNITED srarns ryrnnr cur os.

L IAM To all 'wkom'iimay concern.

' Be it known that I, 'W'ILLIAM H. PARLIN,

the following is a, specification, reference beinghad t-o the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in cultivators, and has for itsobject to provide new and improved means for controlling the position' of the gang-beams relative to the arch, or other part of the frame work upon which they are mounted.

cultivators 'n which the wheels have been angled so as to deflect the machine-as a whole to one side, and in those in which the gangs'have, been attached at their forward endsito av shovel arch which has been adapted to be shifted transversely of the machine, it has been. customary to provide "means'for insuringthat the rear-ends of the gangs should move in unison with the arch andtothe same extent, so that when. the gangs have been shifted sidewise all the shov .els of each gang have been moved side-' wise together.

This construction, however, involved 'a. great deal of unnecessary labor on the part f the driver, in that whenhe wished to'move the inner forward shovel he :was compelled at the same time to move the rear outer shovel also to the same extent. It is of course the inner shovels adjacent to the row being cultivated that have to be moved and very seldom would the outer shovels ofthemselves have to be shifted sidewiser In order' to, avoid being compelled unnecessarily to shift the'rear outer shovel the same as the forward inner shovel in'cultivators of'this class, I pivot the gangs on the'arch so as to} swing laterally thereon,

whereby when the arch'is shifted the rear shovel of the gang will ordinarily be moved laterallyvery little or at least very gradually,-whil ethe shovel or shovels farther for- .ward will be moved to a greater extent, depending upon their nearness to the pivot point where the movement is of course. greatest; e g

It'is he object of my invention to provide means, for cultivators in which the gangs are pivoted so as to swing laterally .landparticularly for the class of cultivatorsQ {above mentioned,- which shall tend toghp' H i J, cnmirva'ronu .11.? IEARLIN, or CANTON, ILLINoIs-As'sIGNoRTo 'rAnLIitAnn oatmass" .QOM'PANYQOF CANTON, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION on I L-IiioIsQ r Patented Jan. 2,1912;

the gangs against movement laterally rela tive to the arch.

. Another object is to provide means which shall tend to hold the gangs against movement laterallv fromany predetermineddesired position relative to said arch.

I have accomplished these objects by the means shown in the drawings and herein-.

after described. v I

That which I believe to be new will be set forth in. the claims.

In the drawings :-F1gure is a top or plan view of my improvedcultivator with certain of the parts broken away the better to show the construction. .Fig. 2 is a side elevation with one carrying wheel cut away.

Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of a part of the machine, partly broken away, showing the positionof the parts at that side of the machine just at the moment that the-wheels are being angled.

- Referring to the drawings, 11 indicates.

the crossbar of the main arch ofthe cultig vator, oneof the upright portions of which is shown in Fig. 2 and indicated by 12. p

" 1314 indicate axles, each bent in a right angle, journaled in said upright portions of the arch, the horizontal portions of which axles have journaledupon them carrying wheels 1516.

1718 indicate arms projecting forward from the upper ends of the axle members 13.'14, and non-rotatably secured thereon.

1920 indicate crossbars secured to the forward ends of the arms l7-l8,by the. t

movement of which longitudinally of themselves the wheels may beangled, as will be readily understood. 217-22 indicate mounted on the crossbar 11 and connected by means of links 23-24: with the crossbars l920 wherebyby the rocking of the foot-' levers the crossbars 19-20 may be moved longitudinally of themselves.

2526indicate hounds connected at their rearends to the crossbar 11 and at theirforward ends-to a tongue 27.

.28-ind-icates a crossbar suitably secured to the hounds 25-26 and to the end of ,the" tongue, being in the construction shown in :the-form of an angle-iron.

It will be understood that in practice the cultivator may be provided with a seat of foot levers pivotally;

fanysuitable typ supported intheframee' frame by li ks 30 3l at each side of the machine, sai links being pivotally attached at their lower ends to sleeves 32 suitably secured upon the ends of the arch and being pivotally attached at their up er ends to lo suitable parts of the frame. i t its upper en-d, the,arch has secured upon it a sleeve, 33 which is pivotally attached to, the \front' end of a plate 34 whose rear end is se cured by suitable pins 35 to the crossbars 19 20. By thls construction, the'arch 29 is adapted to 'be. moved transversely of the machine with the crossbars 1920.

Inasmuch as all of the parts above described form-no part of. themselves, of my 20 present invention but .may be of any approved and well-known type suitable for the purpose, it is believed that further description' herein is not required, it being readily understood that by the operation of the foot levers the arch 29 may be shifted to one side or the other, the wheels being at the same time angled to. deflect the cultivatorv as a whole. in the direction in which the arch ,is

shifted. Y 30 Coming now to the mountingof the shovel fganggon the arch 29, 36 indicates sleeves loosely mounted on the horizontal lower ends of the'arch 29 and prevented from slip.- ping oil therefrom by the sleeves 32. 37 in- 35. 'dicates shorter Sleeves secured in position on the sleeves '36 at any desired points hereon by set-screws 38. 39-40 indicate upwardly and downi wardlyextending lugs on each of the 40 sleeves 37. 41 indicates two yoke-shaped brackets, the lower arm of each. of which is provided with an opening adapted "to rotatably fit upon "one of the downwardly-extending lugs 40, and the upper arm of each of which terminates in a split ring which is adapted to be forced upon one of the upwardly-extending lugs 39 and secured thereon by a bolt as shown or otherwise, the construction being such that the" brackets are free to rock lat- ,erally on the lugs.

42' indicates the plow beams secured at their forward ends to the brackets 41 and carrying on their rear portions shovels 43.

In the construction shown, the beam of each gangconsists of two bars suitably secured together, but any other suitable construction of course may be employed.

44 "indicates an arm extending outwardly from each sleeve 37. f

45 indicates rods each pivotally connected at its forward end to the outer end of one of said arms 44. The rear ends of these-rods are screw-threaded and upon each is screwed a nut46, -against: whichbears one erally relative to the arch, the nuts 46 and 50 may be tightened up to any desired degree to compress the springs 47 and 49 equally, the springs thus tending to hold the beam yieldingly against movement to one side or the other. If then it isdesiredthat the beam stand normally farther toward the wheel, both nuts 46 and 50 may be moved forward on the rod 45, or if it is desired that the gangs stand nearer together the nuts 46 and 50 may be moved to the rear to the desired extent,

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Batent is, 3 I .90

1. In a' cultivator, the combination of a frame, a beam pivotally mounted on said frame and adapted to swing laterally thereon, a link pivotally connected to said frame at one side of the pivot point of said beam thereon, a bearing on said link, another bearing on saidbeam in rear of the bearing said link, and a spring interposed beeen saidtwo bearings-and tending to hold said beam against swinging toward the side at which the l inkcis mounted: 2. In a cultivator,. the combination of a frame, a beam pivotally mounted on said frame and adapted to swing laterally thereon, a link pivotally connected to said=frame 105 at one side of the pivot point ofsaid beam thereon, a bearing on saidbeam, another bearing onsaid link in rear of said bearing on said beam, and a spring interposed between said two bearings and tending to hold said beam against swinging toward'the opposite side from that at which the link is. mounted. 1

3. Ina cultivator, the combination of a frame, abeam pivotally mounted on said frame andadaptedto swing laterally there on, a link pivotally connected to said frame at one side of the pivot point of said beam thereon, abearing on said beam, two bearings on said link, a spring interposed be tween'one of the bearings on said link and the bearing on said beam, and a second spring interposed between the other of said bearings on said link and saidbearing on said beam, said springs tending to hold said beam against swinging laterally. I 4. In a cultivator, the! combination of a" frame, a beam pivotally mounted on said frame and adapted to swing laterally there-c" on, a link pivotally connected to said frame 130 at oneside of the pivot point frame, a beam pivotally at one side of the pivot point of said beam thereon, extending backward therefrom and passing through a bearing carried by said beam, means for simultaneously adjusting the forward ends of said beam and said linklaterally relative to said frame, and yielding means bearing on said link and on said beam tending to hold said beam against swinging laterally. v I

5. In a cultivator, the combination of a frame, a sleeve rotatably mounted on a horizontal portion of said frame, a second sleeve mounted on said first sleeve, means for securing said second sleeve at any adjusted position on said first sleeve, a beam'pivotally mounted on said second sleeve and adapted to swing laterally relative .to'saidframe, a link mounted onsaid second sleeve of said beam thereon and adapted to. swing laterally thereon, and yielding means-bearing on said link and on said'b'eam tending to hold. said beam against swinging laterally. f l

6. In a cultivator, the. combination of a spring interposed iframe,

frame and adapted -posed between said bearing and said frame in front thereof' for holding -in rear thereof for mounted onsaid frame and adapted to swing laterally there on, a bearing on said beam, a spring interosed between said bearing and said-frame adapted to hold said beam yieldingly against swinging in one direction, and a between said bearing and said frame adapted tohold said beam yieldingly againstswinging in the opposite direction.

7. In a cultivator, the a beam pivotall-y combination of a mounted on said to swing laterally therea bearing on said beam, a spring intera part of said beam yieldingly, against swinging in one direction, and ajspring .interposedbetween said bearing and a part of said frame holding said beam yie the opposit diingly against swinging in rection.

'WILLIAM H. PARLIN.

Witnesses:

' CHAS; H. DOBBIN, L. Wmnmms. 

